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January 10 2009

(SPOILER) TV.com review Dollhouse pilot. They think Dichen Lachman is poised to be a breakout star, amongst other things. Here's a FOX poster. There's TV spots on FOX starting now, too.

gossi | Dollhouse | 18:33 CET | 34 comments total | tags: dollhouse

Fair enough.

pat32082 | January 10, 18:39 CET

There seems to be reviewer consensus that the premiere is good (or "standard") not great, more serious than they expected going in, and has potential.

The One True b!X | January 10, 18:42 CET

That was a fair review.

I like the poster a whole lot better than the Comic-Con one...not really digging the tagline on it, I much prefer Eliza saying *Who do you want me to be?*

Nice to see Dichen getting some attention too!

[ edited by edcsLover9 on 2009-01-10 18:58 ]

edcsLover9 | January 10, 18:53 CET

Love the poster, think it's awesome.

gossi | January 10, 18:54 CET

I also love the poster. Is this the same pic that is used for the billboards in LA?

wiesengrund | January 10, 18:56 CET

Okay, yes, excellent poster. The one at Comic-Con was horrid, but this is kind of beautiful.

UnpluggedCrazy | January 10, 19:31 CET

Loving the poster, as well as all these reviews. My expectations have pretty much been confirmed at this point, and I'm looking forward to the slow build of the season-long arc.

Racoon Boy | January 10, 19:36 CET

Fair review. Would be nice if there was a poster giveaway a la Terminator (Hello there Summer).

chazman | January 10, 19:43 CET

I dunno if i'm allowed to post this here, it can be deleted if not, but here's a new pic of the cast...

http://www.truefan-eliza.com/Gallery/albums/uploads/Dollhouse/Promos/Cast/normal_003.JPG

edcsLover9 | January 10, 20:43 CET

Sweet picture! So I guess it's time to say that the advirtising has (finally) begun.

hitnrun017 | January 10, 21:11 CET

I've had to take out the cast image edcsLover9 posted as the website was blocking the link - anybody know where it is available?

gossi | January 10, 21:33 CET

The link works for me, as does the pic. :D

Pointy | January 10, 21:35 CET

I've uploaded a copy here, but I don't know where the original can be found.

wiesengrund | January 10, 21:35 CET

Cheers, wiesengrund - I've put it back in the subject.

gossi | January 10, 21:37 CET

It's available in better quality here.

And I love the Fox poster, especially the 'She can be anyone, except herself'.

Nico-Angel | January 10, 21:56 CET

The True-Fan Eliza site appears to also have some new promo pics of Eliza in their most recent news update.

She's, uh, a lot nakeder than I expected.

Jobo | January 10, 21:56 CET

I'm going to split out the new promo images into the new topic.

gossi | January 10, 21:58 CET

Nice poster. I'm hoping they do promotional bags at comic stores like they did for the last two T:SCC premieres.

hacksaway | January 10, 23:48 CET

gossi and wiesengrund that is exactly the billboard that I saw in LA - tagline and all.

DaisyButtercup | January 10, 23:54 CET

Does anybody know where you can get this poster? I think its awesome. Thanks!

WheelsOfJoy | January 11, 00:07 CET

Awesome poster. It's actually a really good campaign, if only it was more visible already. As much as I love Buffy and Firefly, I always thought the promotional stuff was a little too geeky to want to put on my wall, but this is actually really stylish and interesting in its own right.

flugufrelsarinn | January 11, 00:47 CET

They're right about Dichen. She's made of awesome. On screen, she's even more of a badass than Eliza (which is saying something). And off screen she's a sweetheart. TV viewers and con-goers alike are going to fall in love with her.

RayHill | January 11, 03:00 CET

RayHill, you've seen Ghost?

Dichen's a doll in real life, I've exchanged memails with her a few times and she's lovely.

gossi | January 11, 03:02 CET

Short, but positive shout-out on Salon.com.

It's not entirely clear what goes down at the Dollhouse or who runs it or how they got started or whether they're good or evil, and that, my dear, is the custard filling in this big, sugary doughnut of a drama. If you take off the rose-colored, Joss Whedon-loving glasses, of course, you'll notice that the first episode of "Dollhouse" is a little bit dorky and uneven at times. But Eliza Dushku fills that "Buffy"-esque dazed-but-sharp babe quotient nicely, and I guarantee that after the first episode, you'll want to see more, more, more, more, as soon as you can.

BrewBunny | January 11, 03:48 CET

Yep, this seems like a fair review. All in all it might actually be good that the expectations for this pilot episode are gradually lowering in our fandom. Means we'll probably end up loving the show more in the long run ;).

GVH | January 11, 03:52 CET

I used to watch Dichen in the Aussie soap Neighbours, and now she's part of Jossverse! Good on her.

missfs | January 11, 04:33 CET

That review was pretty fair.

I LOVED the poster. Much better than Comic-Con! Now where to get my hands on that...

korkster | January 11, 05:38 CET

Unlike everyone else, I'm not sure I really like the poster. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's bad work. It's miles ahead of the comic-con poster and much better than most promotional posters we've seen for other shows (although I actually have one of the original Buffy ones framed on my wall).

Anyway, my problem is that it looks too sterile. The white, the manequins... it reminds me of 'I, Robot', visually, while that's certainly not the "vibe" I'm getting from the series. So I understand the concept of the poster, I think it's clever on at least two levels, but I still don't quite like it.

But hey, that's the internet for you. There's always someone like me, complaining ;).

GVH | January 11, 14:35 CET

When are the TV spots going to appear on the interweb?

flugufrelsarinn | January 11, 18:27 CET

As an aside for advertising- I took a roundtrip flight on Frontier Airlines this past week and there was a Dollhouse behind the scenes special that played on the TV's that people didn't pay to watch movies/direct TV. It was about 8ish minutes long and featured interviews with Joss and Eliza and some new footage I hadn't seen yet. Pretty cool to see an advert where I least expected!

Whisper | January 12, 04:34 CET

That's the second report I've seen on that, but the other one failed to identify the airline. Thanks, Whisper. Did it seem to be something from Fox PR itself, or was it like some sort of entertainment magazine (like Extra, or Entertainment Tonight)?

The One True b!X | January 12, 04:40 CET

it seemed like it was straight from FOX PR. No outside lead in other than a "coming soon to FOX" sort of thing. There was also a blip on TNT's Leverage as well.

EDIT: Here's a link with a small amount of info on FOX's deal with Airline TV

[ edited by Whisper on 2009-01-12 05:01 ]

Whisper | January 12, 04:55 CET

No ad for Dollhouse in all two hours of the season premiere of 24. Ads for American Idol, Bones, House, Lie to Me.

The One True b!X | January 12, 07:02 CET

On the upside, over the course of my tweeting about every commercial break, two people wondered WTF Dollhouse was, Googled, and now will be watching. Heh. Two down, several million to go.

The One True b!X | January 12, 09:03 CET

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